A Baseball Community, Inc. ("The ABC Coalition") will serve as a community-wide effort to identify what it will take to ensure major league baseball here is vital, viable and successful over a long period of time, in the best interests of our community.  All contributing members of the Coalition fully share in this fundamental proposition.

While the mission may expand over time, the initial charge is to focus on three areas deemed critical to ANY professional franchise’s success:

1. Identifying, marshalling and broadening fan support;
2. Reaching out, locally and regionally, to enhance corporate and community support, involvement and sponsorships;
3. Identification and assessment of possible new stadium locations re design, financing, and development leading to a recommendation for City, County, Rays, and general community consideration.

These are the ABCs of the Coalition’s name and mission.